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The Sow's Ear has two annual contests - the chapbook competition and the poetry competition. Contests are judged by poets with national reputations. Send all contest submissions to: Robert G. Lesman, Managing
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P.O. Box 127 Millwood, VA 22646 Make checks payable to Sow's Ear Poetry Review. March-April: CHAPBOOK COMPETITION Award - Publication, $1000, 25 copies, and distribution to subscribers Chapbook Competition Guidelines: Open to adults. Send 22-26 pages of poetry plus a title page and a table of contents, all without your name. On a separate sheet list chapbook title, your name, address, phone number, e-mail address if available, and publication credits for submitted poems, if any. No length limit on poems, but no more than one poem on a page. Send in March or April. Postmark deadline May 1st. Simultaneous submission is allowed, but if your chapbook is accepted elsewhere, you must withdraw promptly from our competition. Poems previously published are acceptable if you hold publication rights. Reading fee is $27. Send SASE or e-mail address for notification. Entries will not be returned. The reading fee includes a complimentary one-year subscription to the Review. September-October: POETRY COMPETITION Award - $1000, publication, and the option of publication for approximately twenty finalists Judge in 2009 is Kelly Cherry. Poetry Competition Guidelines: Open to adults. Send unpublished poems to the address above. Please DO NOT put your name on poems. Include a separate sheet with poem titles, name, address, phone, and e-mail address if available. No length limit on poems. Simultaneous submission acceptable. (We will check with finalists before sending to final judge.) Send poems in September or October. Postmark deadline Nov. 1st. Include self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) for notification, which we will try to send in January. Entries will not be returned. Entry fee is $27 for up to five poems. The reading fee includes a complimentary one-year subscription to the Review. Past Poetry Competition judges have included:
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